Richard Baker
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English broadcaster; BBC News reader from 1954 to 1982
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1966-10-01
- Works
- 68
Top works
- Prince of Ravens
- Dark of the Moon
- Unsung Heroes
- Heroes of the Elemental Chaos
- Thunderspire Labyrinth
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 700
- Total plays
- 2,298
Tags
composercontemporary classicalenglandbritainwestern classical music
Richard Baker was born in 1972 and received his earliest musical education as a chorister in Lichfield Cathedral Choir. After reading Music at Exeter College, Oxford, he was awarded a Netherlands Government Scholarship for study with Louis Andriessen at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Doctoral study followed under John Woolrich at Royal Holloway, University of London. Learning to Fly (1999), a concertante for Basset clarinet and ensemble, was <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Richard+Bake
Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- b. 1925
- Nationality
- ZZ, GB
- Gender
- Unknown
Recorded by 4 libraries
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Family name
- Baker
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Willesden
- Place of death
- Oxford
- Employer
- BBC
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- Royal Navy
- Work location
- London
Show 3 more facts
- date of birth
- 1925-06-15
- date of death
- 2018-11-17
- start of work period
- 1954-00-00
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